Mian Faruq Shah
# Mian Faruq Shah

Mian Farooq Shah (born in Nowshera, Pakistan, June 1907 – May 2012) was an Afghan field hockey player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, playing in one game. He served as sports minister of Afghanistan (1935–1936). Farooq studied agriculture at the University of Reading in London, England. In August 1931, he became the first man of North West Frontier Province to gain a British pilot's license. He had seven children and multiple grandchildren. He died on (2013-05-01)1 May 2013.

